Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

28 reviews

prasi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, and Gaslighting

anastasia_raf's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Medical content, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping

schnaucl's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I really liked this one.    There are several bits of narration in omniscient third person where the narrator talks about it as a story and it's lovely and well written.  It reminds me of the opening of In the Shadow of Spindrift House.

Both characters were interesting, as were the Moors.  I wish it had been a little longer

and I was disappointed that it ends with Jack and Jill arriving home so we don't get to see what happens after they return at the end of Every Heart a Doorway,

but it was a lovely little story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, and Death

Minor: Child death

oliverreeds's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body shaming, Child death, Grief, and Murder

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, and Fatphobia

littlewishling's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Another McGuire that leaves me wanting more. I wish that these were longer but can’t wait to read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Minor: Fatphobia and Child death

bisexualwentworth's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I liked Jack and Jill more than Nancy, but the plot of this book wasn’t quite as good as the first one. I still really enjoyed it for its take on vampires and portal fantasy, and I’m excited to continue with the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Fatphobia

anniereads221's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Murder, and Toxic relationship

xphilphil's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse

itsmeyseniab's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I loved the dynamic between our main characters Jack and Jill, and how their sibling rivalry added a modern twist to darker folklore. This was way darker than I had anticipated... gimme more!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Murder, Blood, and Child abuse

captivity and suggestion of Stockholm Syndrome